In support of University Mental Health Day (UMHD) Kim Moore, Senior Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing at Birmingham City University, talks about mental health support at university and the importance of looking after yourself.

Talking about how we really feel can be scary; we can often feel isolated in a crowd, lonely in a group and frankly […]

Kim Moore, Senior Lecturer in Mental Health, discusses selfies now being considered a psychological disorder

Are you kidding me? – taking selfies is now a psychological disorder and genuine medical condition! Providing this is not a hoax (like 2014) I am shocked by the news. Seriously I can think of far more mental health conditions that […]

By Matt Height|2018-02-08T12:43:14+00:00February 8th, 2018|In The News, Opinion|Comments Off on Jon Venables: 25 years of serious offending that resists rehabilitation

by Craig Jackson, Professor of Psychology at Birmingham City University

The case of Jon Venables, convicted for a second time of possessing indecent images of child abuse has again made the news. There are many facets to Venables that have led to the publics’ outrage and disgust at his behaviour. Venables’ abduction, torture and murder of […]

Have you heard of Arya Mosallah? No? Me neither. Well, at least not until today, when I discovered a news story which brought him to my attention for the first time. For those of you who do not know, Ayra Mosallah is a 22-year-old YouTuber who has made […]

By Matt Height|2018-01-24T09:29:28+00:00January 24th, 2018|In The News, Opinion|Comments Off on Here today – too (dis)tressed to come back tomorrow

In the wake of headlines about large numbers of NHS nurses leaving within short periods of time, Senior Lecturer in Mental Nursing and former NHS Nurse, Kim Moore provides her insight into the latest NHS staffing crisis news.

Should we be surprised by yesterday’s report of more nurses leaving the profession than those that are […]

By Guest Blogger|2018-01-23T09:38:58+00:00January 19th, 2018|In The News, Opinion|Comments Off on Kiri: Race, Victimisation and the Criminal Justice System – The Complex Mix

by Shona Robinson-Edwards, PhD researcher and assistant lecturer in Criminology at Birmingham City University

January has seen a number of discussions relating to race and racialisation within the media. H&M’s decision to use an advertisement of a black child wearing a green hoodie with the words ‘Coolest Monkey in the Jungle’, received widespread criticism and rightly […]

It’s that time for Christmas treats, but with the continuing pay freezes and increasing costs of public transport above the rates of inflation, most nurses would be appalled to know that the same government denying them pay in-line with inflation are to […]